The 2014 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 24. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Winthrop Ballpark on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. won their third tournament title, and first since returning to the league in 2012, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The division winners will be seeded one and two, and the next six finishers from the regular season, regardless of division, will be seeded three through eight based on conference winning percentage only. The teams will play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with the winners of each bracket facing off in a single elimination final. Team W L Pct GB SeedNorth Division 23 3 – 1 18 8 5 3 18 9 5.5 4 17 10 6.5 5 VMI 11 16 12.5 – 9 18 14.5 –South Division 14 13 – 2 13 13 .5 6 12 14 1.5 7 11 15 2.5 8 9 18 5 – 4 22 9.5 –
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School INF Connor Owings Coastal Carolina INF Elijah Trail Campbell INF Kyle Brandenburg High Point INF Dalton Britt Liberty OF TJ Olesczuk Winthrop OF Matt Nadolski Campbell OF Brady Williamson High Point C Steven Leonard Campbell P Josh Strong Winthrop P Ryan Thompson Campbell DH Cody Manzella High Point UTL Ashton Perritt Liberty
Most Valuable Player Ryan Thompson was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Thompson was a pitcher for Campbell.
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